LePage: Medicaid expansion would ‘kill’ Maine
LePage's ardent opposition to Medicaid expansion is nothing new. He has vetoed bids to do so six times during his tenure, making
"It's a boondoggle and it's going to kill this state," LePage said during a radio interview Tuesday morning on WVOM. "Within two years we're going to be right back to where we were in 2010."
When LePage took office in 2011, one of his first projects was paying off hundreds of millions of dollars of accrued Medicaid debt to
Throughout his tenure, LePage has opposed a number of ballot initiatives before they went to a vote, then continued to slam them after
Concurrently, he continues to attack
"We are fixing our problems in
MaineCare, which is
According to Medicaid.gov, there are currently about 266,000 residents on MaineCare, with an income eligibility threshold of up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level for adults with children. Children and pregnant women are eligible for MaineCare at up to 209 percent of the federal poverty rate. Able-bodied childless adults are currently not eligible for MaineCare but would be after Medicaid expansion.
The federal poverty level is equal to an income of
The wording of the Medicaid expansion referendum question is still in the draft stages and public comment on that issue is being accepted through
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